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Security and Authentication
Unit
The UK government is committed
to making the UK the best environment in the world for e-Commerce,
getting all government services online by 2005 and providing
internet access to all. For this to progress trust in using
electronic services must be increased, promoted and maintained.
This is the bread and butter work of our team, working with
partners across the public, private sectors to achieve these
ends.
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The Security and Authentication
area of work covers:
- Ensuring security and resilience
of the UK infrastructure
- Enabling trust, authentication
and secure transactions across government and the wider
economy
- Providing universal access,
by enhancing take-up of, and trust in, electronic services
- Working and co-ordinating with
other bodies to ensure information security policy and guidance
Current Activities include:
- Supporting Cabinet Office initiatives
to introduce the information security standard BS7799
- Sponsoring security technology
research (CESG)
- Providing security guidance
for the OeE strategy of wider Internet access through new
technologies and applications
Other programmes:
tScheme
tScheme is a UK industry self-regulatory
body that approves Trusted Service Providers (TSP). To gain
approval a potential TSP must meet criteria as established
within an "approval profile". There are currently
four services that have achieved tScheme-approved status;
these are from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Trutis and two
from BT Ignite. Certain e-government services require the
presentation of a digital certificate issued by a tScheme
(or equivalent) approval service.
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more information on tScheme at: http://www.tscheme.org/
Smart thinking for Digital Britain
The Office of the e-Envoy has
established policy working groups looking at new technologies
that can assist in delivering our ambitions for the e-agenda:
- to transform government and
- to become a leading knowledge economy
These groups are facilitating
consultative forums on service delivery through smart cards
and strong authentication using digital signatures (business
to government and citizen to government).
Framework papers are in the final
stage before publication and are expected to be ready shortly.
In addition the OeE sponsors the Biometric Working Group (BWG)
to provide advice and guidance on the potential use of Biometrics
in delivering services.
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more information on Smart cards
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more information on Digital Signatures
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more information on Biometrics
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